Chapter 49

“Leo.”

Being humiliated in public, Sydney felt deeply resentful. She looked at Leo with a sense of grievance, but his gaze remained fixed on Mona’s retreating figure.

It felt like a resounding slap on Sydney’s face.

Her eyes filled with resentment as she stared in the direction Mona had left. She couldn’t take it anymore.

Leo hadn’t noticed her unusual behavior. In that split second, an odd sensation gripped his heart. He felt that if he didn’t follow Mona, he would regret it later. With that thought, he also walked quickly with a gloomy expression.

Mona’s heart raced as she ran, eventually flinging her high heels aside and continuing barefoot. She rushed to the garden area, where she saw Luke lying on the ground with closed eyes. Rue was crying by his side, breathless. Stefan, who should have been with them, was nowhere to be found.

Trembling, Mona hurriedly approached, half-kneeling on the ground to check on Luke’s condition. At that moment, Luk